Chapter 9 - The Federal Ambush
"Drop the tablet and put your hands on your head. Now!"
A dozen heavily armed FBI agents, wearing dark tactical vests, swarmed into the master study from the hallway. They didn't knock. Eleanor had given them the digital keys to the penthouse while she was in the air.
Julian physically staggered backward, dropping the iPad onto the hardwood floor.
"No! Wait!" Chloe shrieked hysterically, thrashing wildly in her beige trench coat as two massive federal agents grabbed her arms and violently slammed her against the mahogany desk. "I didn't do anything! It was all his idea! Julian forced me to do it!"
Julian looked at his fiancée, the woman he had betrayed his only family for, as she instantly threw him to the wolves to save her own skin.
"Julian Vance," the lead FBI agent announced, his voice projecting with absolute, terrifying authority. "You are under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder, elder abuse, massive wire fraud, and forgery. The evidence was directly submitted to the Director of the FBI thirty minutes ago."
They violently slapped heavy steel handcuffs onto Julian’s wrists.
They didn't allow him to speak. They didn't let him call a lawyer. They dragged the weeping, pathetic traitor and his screaming fiancée out of the luxury penthouse, parading them directly through the crowded, wealthy lobby of the building in handcuffs.
Their toxic, arrogant existence was permanently, entirely swallowed into violent ruin. They were going to spend the rest of their natural lives rotting in a federal prison.
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The threat was permanently neutralized. The empire was secure.
👉 Thousands of miles away, Eleanor looked out the window of her jet, ready to enjoy the ultimate reward of a queen.
